Bahrain vs Palau: Fertility rate: births per woman

Bahrain
1.82 live births per woman
in 2023
Palau
1.91 live births per woman
in 2023
Bahrain rank
126th
Palau rank
123rd

Fertility rate: births per woman over time

  • Bahrain
  • Palau
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How they compare

Palau currently reports 1.91 live births per woman against 1.82 live births per woman in Bahrain, a difference of 0.09 live births per woman.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Bahrain ahead.

Bahrain ranks 126th and Palau ranks 123rd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Bahrain averaged higher in 7 and Palau in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bahrain Palau Difference Ahead
1950s 7.28 live births per woman 7.17 live births per woman 0.1157 live births per woman Bahrain
1960s 7 live births per woman 6.98 live births per woman 0.0226 live births per woman Bahrain
1970s 5.7 live births per woman 5 live births per woman 0.6977 live births per woman Bahrain
1980s 4.32 live births per woman 3.08 live births per woman 1.24 live births per woman Bahrain
1990s 3.26 live births per woman 2.48 live births per woman 0.7805 live births per woman Bahrain
2000s 2.53 live births per woman 1.94 live births per woman 0.5891 live births per woman Bahrain
2010s 2.03 live births per woman 2 live births per woman 0.0306 live births per woman Bahrain
2020s 1.84 live births per woman 1.94 live births per woman 0.0953 live births per woman Palau

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate: births per woman, Bahrain or Palau?
Palau, at 1.91 live births per woman against 1.82 live births per woman in Bahrain as of 2023.
What is the difference in fertility rate: births per woman between Bahrain and Palau?
0.09 live births per woman, with Palau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Palau?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Bahrain and Palau rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
Bahrain ranks 126th and Palau ranks 123rd of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Fertility rate: births per woman
Unit
live births per woman
Source
Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,683 data points, 1891–2023
Last refreshed

The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.